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Which statement about Ireland's population is true because of the Great Famine of 1845-52?
About a million died and well over a million emigrated; from roughly 8.5 million in 1845, the island's population remains below that figure today — unique in Europe.
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The Great Irish Famine of 1845-1852, Which Killed a Million People While Food Left the Ports When the potato blight destroyed Ireland's staple crop from 1845, around one million people died and well over a million emigrated, while grain and livestock continued to be exported under armed guard. Ireland's population fell by a quarter and has never returned to its pre-famine level — the demographic scar is still on the map.
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